How to tell when Xenia is dead?

[xunkn0vvnx]

I am having faith in my xenia that it will somehow come back from looking wilted and start pulsing again once I get my water parameters up to par. But when do you lose hope and know when the xenias are really dead?

 

[xunkn0vvnx]

 

[Hormigaquatica]

They turn into a little ball of purple-white goo. If you wonder if a Xenia might be dead or not- it isnt... lol. I have had entire colonies crash when Ive done something stupid to the tank, and have thought it was all lost, only to have a tiny scrap of over looked tissue redevelop several weeks later. Get/keep your params in good order and theres no real reason for it not to recover.

 

[graveyardworm]

I wouldnt give up until its completely gone. Even the smallest smudge of it can start a new polyp.

 

[Nano Nana]

I agree with above posts. I had one piece that was melted, I mean down to a little bump of flesh. I left it alone and it came back within a few months.

 

[doomicon]

Ditto here too. I'm pretty new to this hobby, had some Xenia do great, crash to nothing.. From reading posts on this forum, I just left the rock they were on in the tank, they were nothing but a smudge on the rock. Not even two weeks later they started coming back from nothing.

 

[Ken668]

Similar to what's mentioned above, even if they melt and are COMPLETELY gone from that location, there is still a chance to get them back. I've seen all those little melted pieces settle around a tank and not only come back, but start to take over the tank when they did!